Museum collections are powerful engines for examination, broadening student experiences and preparing them for life. Object Lab is a hybrid gallery-classroom that connects The Jule to teaching and research across Auburn over the course of the semester.

Works on view, whether selected by museum staff, faculty, or students, invite extended engagement with the Auburn community, especially to develop multi-disciplinary inquiry. The project also empowers the museum to think differently about its collections. How do objects offer opportunities to interrogate histories of the African American experience?